SUSI 2009 Photo Gallery

Get ready to make some memories! We will post photos of our SUSI experience here. In the meantime, check out the photos of UAHuntsville's SUSI for Chinese Student Leaders last year!

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SUSI 2008 Photo Gallery

UAHuntsville President Dave Williams greets the 2008 class of SUSI Fellows from China

*Click on thumbnails for larger images. High resolution images available upon request: oip@uah.edu

Arriving at UAHuntsville

Welcome at the Huntsville International Airport (left) and the International Peace Bridge in Big Spring Park, Huntsville.

Lookout over Huntsville from Monte Sano State Park (left), meeting Friendship Families (center), and bridge at the UAHuntsville University Center (right).

Welcome Reception at the Bevill Center (left), and first meal at the UAHuntsville Cafeteria (right)!

Experiencing American Democracy, Diversity, and Civil Society

Alabama Constitution Village (left), Huntsville Islamic Center (center), Old State Capitol Senate Chamber in Montgomery, AL.

Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery, AL (left), and the National Park Service's Lowndes County Interpretive Center on the Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail (right).

Marching across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, site of "Bloody Sunday" in 1965 and symbol of the Civil Rights Movement.

National Voting Rights Museum and the Edmund Pettus Bridge (left), and memorial (right) in Selma, AL.

Civil Rights mural (left) and visit with Rabbi Jeffrey Ballon at Temple B'nai Sholom in Huntsville (right).

Observing "Drug Court Graduation" in Judge Martha Sherrod's courtroom at the Madison County Courthouse(left), and visiting the Hindu Cultural Center of North Alabama for a festival (right).

Building Leadership and Service Learning Skills

Learning about non-profits at United Way of Madison County (left) and harvesting vegetables at the CASA (Care Assurance Agency for the Aging and Homebound) community garden (right).

Clearing planting beds at the CASA (Care Assurance Agency for the Aging and Homebound) community garden (left) and building siding on a shed at the Habitat for Humanity Women's Build service project (right).

Preparing food (left) and serving dinner (right) for clients in need at the Downtown Rescue Mission, Huntsville.

Making Connections

Posing at the Huntsville City Council (left) after meeting with Councilman Richard Showers and Councilwoman Sandra Moon, and visiting the First Amendment Center in Nashville, Tennessee (right).

Discussion on the Freedom of the Press with John Seigenthaler, former president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors, founding editorial director of USA TODAY, and administrative assistant to Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy during the Freedom Rides in Alabama in the 1960s.

Meeting the Governor of the Indian State of Orissa at the Hindu Cultural Center of North Alabama (left) and talking with UAHuntsville President Dave Williams on presentation day (right).

Studying with Faculty; Conducting and Presenting Research

Discussion and debate in class (left), visiting the campus of Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University (AAMU) with Dr. Ronald Slaughter of AAMU (center), and posing with Dr. Philip Kovacs of UAHuntsville on presentation day (right).

Presentation day at the UAHuntsville Shelby Center for Science and Technology (left), and class with Dr. John Pottenger of UAHuntsville (right).

Elections workshop with Dr. Andrée Reeves (left), and a farewell presentation at the farewell dinner (right).

Presenting research projects at the Shelby Center for Science and Technology at UAHuntsville.

Traveling in the American South

Atlanta Braves baseball game at Turner Field in Atlanta (left), the Huntsville Botanical Gardens (center), and the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville (right).

Bus rides (left), touring the old State Capitol building in Montgomery (center), and enjoying Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta (right).

Relaxing after some Southern-style cooking in Nashville, Tennessee!

Having fun...

Friends and birthdays!

Clown Day at Alabama Constitution Village (left), and peace sign at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta (right).

A game of checkers (left), and a holiday around the corner (right).

Playing harmonica on-stage with American Blues band Microwave Dave and the Nukes at UAHuntsville.

Leaving with new friends!

We will miss you!